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America 250: Students in grades K–8 invited to enter Bookmark Design Challenge

The challenge invites K–8 students nationwide to submit original artwork by March 31, with winners featured in national events and invited to Washington, D.C., in summer 2026.

  • Reported from Orlando, Second Lady Usha Vance announced a nationwide Bookmark Design Challenge in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • Students in grades K-8 are invited to enter the challenge open to the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories.
  • Entrants must create original, hand-drawn bookmarks depicting what America means to them, exploring themes of American history; unity and democracy; community; creativity; hopes for the nation's future, using materials of their choosing.
  • Second Lady Usha Vance will select three national winners, and each winning student and parent or guardian will be invited to Washington, DC in summer 2026 with designs featured at 250th-anniversary commemorative activities including the Great American State Fair.
  • To enter, designs must be submitted at arts.gov/bookmarks before Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET, and questions may be directed to bookmarks@arts.gov.
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America 250: Students in grades K–8 invited to enter Bookmark Design Challenge

Students in grades K-8 across the country are invited to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States by entering the Bookmark Design Challenge: Celebrating America’s 250th.

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